Clytoscopa iorrhoda Turner, 1931
 ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Clytoscopa iorrhoda
(Photo : courtesy of Ian McMillan, Noosa, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have a bold pattern of light and dark brown overlapping chevrons on the forewings. The hindwings are pale brown with vague dark arcs. The forewing margin has a medial cusp. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Clytoscopa iorrhoda
(Photo : courtesy of Ian McMillan, Noosa, Queensland)

The species has been found in:

  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 114.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Supplementary,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 56 (1931), pp. 340-341.

    (updated 15 February 2010, 29 December 2025)